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Friday, November 29, 2013

Ho ho ho, it's that time of year again, and we are not immune from the kickoff of the holiday shopping season! Take a look at our newly updated sale section for some crazy deals on many, many items - including many you've never seen on sale before (and likely never will again)!

We'll be ending this sale on Tuesday morning - while it's possible some items may stay on clearance, why take that chance? Quantities are limited and many of these items will return to regular price, so there's no better time than now to hit that checkout button.

Monday, November 25, 2013

★ We're now accepting requests for the re-release of Baby, the Stars Shine Bright's "Sugar Bouquet" and Alice and the Pirates' "A Midsummer Night's Dream" series ★

Reservations for this series begin on November 29, however you are free to submit your
requests now and we will hold your place in line for our stock.

Based on past experience, we expect these series to be very difficult to get.
If you place a reservation with us, please be prepared to send payment if there is enough
to go around, but these are long sought-after re-releases and we have already
had many requests. Reservations are not guaranteed until confirmed by BTSSB.

Please view the reservation policy here before ordering.
All reservations must be made through email at info@tokyorebel.com

Friday, November 22, 2013

It's getting to be that time of year... time to buy a little something for yourself before the holidays!

We just received a small new shipment of items from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright and Alice and the Pirates! While a lot of it went to satisfying reservations, we do have a smattering of new items on our site in the Alice's Doll House series, the Royal Crown series, and our first items from the Tea time nostalgia series! (If you reserved that series, be patient as your items haven't arrived yet - they only sent us skirts for now!)

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

★ We're now accepting requests for Baby, the Stars Shine Bright's'
"Memories of My First Soirée" series ★

Reservations for this series begin on November 22, however you are free to submit your
requests now. Keep in mind that reservations are not guaranteed until confirmed, which
happens sometime after the official reserve date.

As always, it is possible for certain items to sell out early.
We unfortunately cannot ensure in advance that we can obtain all items for our store.
The most popular items can be hard for any store to get.

Please view the reservation policy here before ordering.
All reservations must be made through email at info@tokyorebel.com

Friday, November 15, 2013

We don't write a lot of live reports, but Aldious stands at the crossroads of music and fashion, and sometimes we like to just bring you guys something fun. It's a rare day that we happen to be in Japan at the same time a certain KERA model we know is playing live with her new band, so we couldn't pass up the chance to go to the show. We were given full access to bring you some great photos and video!

Read on to the end for a special introduction from the band themselves!

There's a boom in all-female bands in Japan right now, and Aldious is the most powerful and popular of Japan's female metal bands. Their three studio albums have all hit the top 10 of the Oricon daily charts. Re:NO joined the group a little more than a year ago, and she's already written and performed some of their most well known songs. The band's first album with Re:NO, District Zero, also reached their highest chart position so far - #7 on the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking chart (and #4 on the daily chart).

This October, Aldious released their double A-side single Dominator/I Don't Like Me (each with its own promotional video), and the November 4 show at Thumb Up in Kashiwa was the second date on their supporting tour. Check out a sample of the Dominator video if you've never seen them before:

The set list was about evenly mixed between new and old - Aldious have even re-released a few of their older songs with Re:NO singing. Re:NO's brought a new look and sound to the band, but they're not afraid to play the songs that won them their longtime fans.

One of the great things about Japan is that even top-charting bands still play "live houses" - small club venues. Thumb Up is a live house, which makes it easy to get close to the band, and makes for a pretty crazy crowd!

Of course, the band announced that the venue was sold out. They told us the crowds are getting bigger on every tour!

Yoshi's one of the band's founders and its main songwriter. All the musicians in the band are virtuosos, though - the instrumental songs they played were as fun to watch as Re:NO's vocals.

But Re:NO really knows how to rile up a crowd. Aldious isn't her first band - like a few of the other KERA models, she's actually been in music for years, and she owns the stage.

Their music videos look serious, but on stage the entire band is actually smiling almost all the time. They really seemed to be having fun playing this show.

Of course, no Japanese concert is complete without MC segments, and Aldious spent theirs talking about the tour, Yoshi's new skirt, and filming their last two music videos. Since the latest single is a double A-side, they filmed both videos at the same time and it took more than 24 straight hours before they could go home.

Re:NO did a full wardrobe change for the encore, into the white dress that she's wearing in the I Don't Like Me music video.

Re:NO wrote this song herself.

The crowd went insane at the end of White Crow, the last song in the show.

After the show was successfully completed, we met up with the band in the dressing room where they filmed this special message introducing themselves to their new fans overseas (which hopefully means you!):

Thursday, November 14, 2013

★ We're now accepting requests for Alice and the Pirates'
"Teatre de l' erreur ~Lost paradise~" series ★

Reservations for this series begin on November 15, however you are free to submit your
requests now. Keep in mind that reservations are not guaranteed until confirmed, which
happens sometime after the official reserve date.

As always, it is possible for certain items to sell out early.
We unfortunately cannot ensure in advance that we can obtain all items for our store.
The most popular items can be hard for any store to get.

Please view the reservation policy here before ordering.
All reservations must be made through email at info@tokyorebel.com

★ We're now accepting requests for Alice and the Pirates'
"Lucifer" series ★

Reservations for this series begin on November 15, however you are free to submit your
requests now. Keep in mind that reservations are not guaranteed until confirmed, which
happens sometime after the official reserve date.

As always, it is possible for certain items to sell out early.
We unfortunately cannot ensure in advance that we can obtain all items for our store.
The most popular items can be hard for any store to get.

Please view the reservation policy here before ordering.
All reservations must be made through email at info@tokyorebel.com

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Just a quick note to let you know we're back on US soil and have resumed regular services. Bear with us for a couple of days as it may take us a little time to get fully caught up on email responses, sending invoices, posting new reserve series and other things we normally do, but we are already caught up on shipping orders out.

It was a successful trip (as usual!) but the one thing from it you'll see very shortly is our Aldious live report. We don't do a lot of live reports, but then it's not often that KERA models we know begin singing for famous bands and happen to be playing while we're there. And we like to give you guys something new to look at after every trip we take to Japan. Re:NO was awesome, as was the whole band, so watch for that report in the next couple days!

The rest of our trip was behind the scenes meetings, but you'll get hidden benefits from that too... and who knows, maybe something bigger a little later.

Upcoming Order Schedule

The following is our approximate schedule for future orders we plan to place with our brands, subject to change at any time. If you are interested in special ordering an item, you can use this as a guide for when to order. We recommend ordering 1-2 weeks in advance. Please email us to start a special order.